53rd Venice International Film Festival

Film festival

53rd Venice International Film Festival
Venice Film Festival chronology
Opening film	Sleepers
Location	Venice, Italy
Founded	1932
Awards	Golden Lion: Michael Collins
Festival date	28 August – 7 September 1996
Website	Website
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The 53rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 28 August to 7 September 1996.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski was the Jury President of the main competition. The Golden Lion winner was Michael Collins directed by Neil Jordan.

Jury

Main Competition

The following people comprised the 1996 jury:^[4]

Roman Polanski, Polish filmmaker - Jury President
Paul Auster , American writer and director
Souleymane Cissé , Malian filmmaker
Mrinal Sen , Indian filmmaker
Callisto Cosulich , Italian film critic, author, journalist and screenwriter
Anjelica Huston , American actress
Miriam Mafai , Italian journalist, author and politician
Antonio Skármeta , Chilean writer
Hulya Ucansu

Official Sections

In Competition

English title	Original title	Director(s)	Production country
Basquiat		Julian Schnabel	United States
Brigands	Brigands, chapitre VII	Otar Iosseliani	France, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, Georgia
Buddha Bless America	太平天國	Wu Nien-jen	Taiwan
Carla's Song		Ken Loach	United Kingdom, Spain, Germany
Chronicle of a Disappearance	سجل اختفاء	Elia Suleiman	Israel, Palestine
Deep Crimson	Profundo carmesí	Arturo Ripstein	Mexico
For Ever Mozart		Jean-Luc Godard	France, Switzerland
The Funeral		Abel Ferrara	United States
Ilona Arrives with the Rain	Ilona llega con la lluvia	Sergio Cabrera	Colombia, Italy, Spain
Men, Women: A User's Manual	Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi	Claude Lelouch	France
Michael Collins		Neil Jordan	Ireland, United Kingdom, United States
The Ogre	Der Unhold	Volker Schlöndorff	France, Germany, United Kingdom
Party		Manoel de Oliveira	France, Portugal
Ponette		Jacques Doillon	France
Sacred Silence	Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio	Antonio Capuano	Italy
Vesna Goes Fast	Vesna va veloce	Carlo Mazzacurati	Italy, France

Out of Competition

Sleepers by Barry Levinson (United States) - Opening film
Third Millenium Stories by Francesco Maselli (Italy)
Shine by Scott Hicks (Australia)
The Portrait of a Lady by Jane Campion (United Kingdom)

Venetian Nights

Bound by The Wachowskis (United States)
The Fan by Tony Scott (United States)
Independence Day by Roland Emmerich (United States)
Bambola by Bigas Luna (Spain-Italy-France)
Last Man Standing by Walter Hill (United States)
Multiplicity by Harold Ramis (United States)
Szamanka by Andrzej Zulawski (Poland)
The Frighteners by Peter Jackson (Australia)
True Blue by Ferdinand Fairfax (United Kingdom)

Window on Images

Zone Franche by Paul Vecchiali (France)
The Age of Possibilities by Pascale Ferran (France)
Chronicle of a Disappearance by Elia Suleiman (Israel, United States, Germany, France)
Méfie-toi de l'eau qui dort by Jacques Deschamps (France)
Hard Core Logo by Bruce McDonald (Canada)
Metamorphosis of a Melody by Amos Gitai (Israel)
De nieuwe moeder by Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
Escoriandoli by Flavia Mastrella, Antonio Rezza (Italy)
Guy by Michael Lindsay-Hogg (United States)
Polygraph by Robert Lepage (Canada)
Love and Other Catastrophes by Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
A True Story by Abolfazl Jalili (Iran)

Documentaries

The Games of Love by Frederick Wiseman (France)
Sei minuti all'alba by Daniele Segre (Italy)
And the Show Goes On by Mrinal Sen (United Kingdom, France, India)
Yang Yin Genger in Chinese Cinema by Stanley Kwan (Hong Kong)
Bophana: A Cambodian Tragedy by Rithy Panh (France, Cambodia)
Die Frucht deines Leibes by Barbara Albert (Austria)
A Trick of Light by Wim Wenders (Germany)
Le convoi by Patrice Chagnard (France)
La vita a volo D'Angelo by Roberta Torre (Italy)
Marco Melani, ladro e frate di cinema by Enrico Ghezzi, Carmelo Marabello (Italy)

Overtaking Lane

Swingers by Doug Liman (United States)
Kolya by Jan Svěrák (Czech Republic)
The Dress by Alex van Warmerdam (Netherlands)
Intimate Relations by Philip Goodhew (Canada)
Fistful of Flies by Monica Pellizzari (Australia)
Lea by Ivan Fíla (Czech Republic)
Livers Ain't Cheap by James Merendino (United States)
Swallowtail Butterfly by Shunji Iwai (Japan)
Ni d'Ève, ni d'Adam by Jean-Paul Civeyrac (France)

Italian Cinema Week

Isotta by Maurizio Fiume (Italy)
Albergo Roma by Ugo Chiti (Italy)
We Free Kings by Sergio Citti (Italy)
Acquario by Michele Sordillo (Italy)
The Border by Franco Giraldi (Italy)
My Generation by Wilma Labate (Italy)
Voci nel tempo by Franco Piavoli (Italy)

Special Screenings

Fantoosh by Morag McKinnon (United Kingdom)
Nitrato d'argento by Marco Ferreri (Italy)
Go Now by Michael Winterbottom (United Kingdom)
Festival by Pupi Avati (Italy)
Grace of My Heart by Allison Anders (United States)
Pole Pole by Massimo Martelli (Italy)
How the Toys Saved Christmas by Enzo D'Alò (Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg)
Forgotten Silver by Peter Jackson (Australia)
The Gates of Heaven by Vittorio De Sica (Italy)
Small Wonders by Allan Miller (United States)
Loach in Nicaragua by Marlisa Trombetta (Italy)
Long Fliv the King by Leo McCarey (United States)
Flaming Fathers by Leo McCarey (United States)

Official Awards

Main Competition

Golden Lion: Michael Collins by Neil Jordan
Grand Special Jury Prize: Brigands by Otar Iosseliani
Golden Osella:
- Best Original Screenplay: Profundo carmesí by Paz Alicia Garciadiego
- Best Original Music: David Mansfield for Profundo carmesí
- Best Production Design: Profundo carmesí by Mónica Chirinos e Marisa Pecanins
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Liam Neeson for Michael Collins
- Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actor: Chris Penn for The Funeral
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Victoire Thivisol for Ponette
Honorable Mention: Jan Sverák for Kolya

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

Chronicle of a Disappearance by Elia Suleiman

Career Golden Lion

Independent Awards

OCIC Special Award

La porta del cielo
- Honorable Mention: Ivan Fila for Lea

UNICEF Award

Volker Schlöndorff for Der Unhold

CICT-IFTC Award

Small Wonders by Allan Miller

Pasinetti Award

Best Film: The Portrait of a Lady by Jane Campion
Best Actor: Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio
Best Actress: Tereza Zajickova for Vesna va veloce

Pietro Bianchi Award

FEDIC Award

Voci nel tempo by Franco Piavoli

Little Golden Lion

Claude Lelouch for Hommes, femmes, mode d'emploi

Elvira Notari Prize

Monica Pellizzari for Fistful of Flies

Sergio Trasatti Award

Jacques Doillon for Ponette

'CinemAvvenire' Award

Best Film on the Relationship Man-Nature: Jacques Deschamps for Still Waters Run Deep
Best First Work: Jacques Deschamps for Still Waters Run Deep

Kodak Award

Ugo Chiti for Albergo Roma

AIACA Award

Stefano Gigli for Il fratello minore

References

^ "VENICE FILM FESTIVAL – 1996". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
^ "The 1990s". Retrieved 8 October 2013.
^ "Da De Niro alla Kidman aspettando il Leone". Corriere della Sera. 25 August 1996. p. 28.
^ "Juries for the 1990s". Retrieved 2 April 2018.